Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2014)
As Flies to Whatless Boys, by Robert Antoni (Akashic Books, 320 pp, ISBN 9781617751561) Meddling with the metafictive, especially in the...
Peak conditions: taking on the Caribbean’s mountain ranges
Twice the heights St Lucia’s Gros Piton and Petit Piton are icons of the island’s mountainous landscape, and a challenge for hikers....
Word of mouth (January/February 2014)
We ent going home Franka Philip’s guide to making it through 2014’s longer-than-usual pre-Carnival fete season It’s not a sprint,...
Trinidad Carnival: back to the future
“I don’t play Midnight Robber — I am one” The first time Fédon Honoré performed as a Midnight Robber, he forgot half his speech....
Word of mouth (November/ December 2013)
City of lights Angelo Bissessarsingh recounts the sights and sounds of Trinidad’s Divali Nagar, an annual grand fair in the weeks before...
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2013)
Jamaica in Black and White: Photography in Jamaica, c 1845–1920, by David Boxer and Edward Lucie-Smith (Macmillan Education, 304 pp, ISBN...
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2013)
Recent tunes to get your feet tapping
Word of mouth (September/October 2013)
The art of hope Curator Nicole Smythe-Johnson of the National Gallery of Jamaica explains why an exhibition of work by younger Jamaican...
